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News Briefs – Local and national news keeps you up-to-date on cutting-edge perspectives in the fields of natural health, alternative medicine, fitness and related fields. We welcome everyone’s contributions of newsworthy information.

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elcome to summertime’s abundance of all things outdoors in Indy—sunshine, fresh local produce, lawn concerts and just plain fun. The long days are ripe with opportunities for everything from backyard sports and picnics to fireworks and fireflies.

Teona, Nancy & Kim at Colours Restaurant I’ve dubbed this month our “Foodie Issue” in the largest sense of the word, embracing how we nourish mind, body and spirit. True confession time… I’m something of a foodie myself, so it was a challenge when our family faced health issues several years ago that required us to completely change the way we eat.

While it’s true that most Americans have a history of eating foods that we suspect or know aren’t good for us, we fail to anticipate how a poor diet of processed foods can harm us. My rule of thumb now is to choose foods that have been touched by the sun; it’s a good way to identify the best sources of nutrients, energy and healing.

In “Health Rules,” writer Judith Fertig explores the Crazy Sexy Wellness Revolution led by Kris Carr, featured on this month’s cover. The plant-passionate cookbook author is a driving force in bringing education, inspiration and better health into people’s lives. Summer is a perfect season for adding more vegetarian options to our menus. I can’t wait to try her recipes.

One of the biggest surprises in switching to a more natural and veggie-laden diet free of major allergens is how much better the foods taste. Yes, it’s possible to be a healthy foodie! These days our family cooks more meals at home from scratch, but we also enjoy patronizing the many restaurants and markets in our area that cater to folks looking for healthy options.

My co-publisher, Kim, and I recently visited a new restaurant at The Sanctuary in Zionsville called Colours. It’s artist Nancy Noël’s newest creation.

We enjoyed a lovely lunch with the owner, accompanied by writer Tammy LeRoy, and every aspect of the experience had us smiling—from amazing dishes layered with fresh, surprising flavors to the emotionally moving artwork surrounding us.

Read more in LeRoy’s article, “Fresh-from-Earth Fare Meets Heavenly Art,” on page 16.

Our family likes to hear how readers are moving to make healthy habits an everyday norm. This time of year it’s a bit easier with outdoor activities, family festivals and farmers’ markets. Let us know your “go to” places and “love to do” activities for accessing the abundance of goodness our area offers. What spots do you tell your friends about? Each month, we’ll share a few of your ideas and suggestions, and do our best to try them out. Won’t you join us?

To summer’s simple pleasures,

Teona Wright, Publisher

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newsbriefs Indy Wellness Center Begins Providing Services

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ndy Wellness Center, owned by Nurse Practitioner Robin Eldib, RN, MSN, FNP-C, has opened at 4510 West 71st Street in Indianapolis. A board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner since 1998 who has been practicing integrative medicine for the past seven years, she also holds certifications as a wellness coach, therapeutic lifestyle educator and a diabetes coach.

Eldib has treated a multitude of health problems and specializes in natural hormone Robin Eldib, replacement for men and women, weight loss, RN, MSN, FNP-C women’s health issues, delayed food allergies, candida, vitamin consultations, diabetes, detoxification and disease prevention.

Her focus is finding the root cause of health issues as she may order tests to determine if there are food allergies, hormone imbalances, an under-active thyroid, imbalances in brain chemicals or detoxification problems. As part of assessments that are targeted to each individual, she will also evaluate each person’s diet, sleep habits and stress level.

For more information or to make an appointment, call 317-427-5366, email HealthCoachRobin@gmail.com or visit IndyWellness.com.

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here is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely. ~Ugo Betti

Area Summer Reading Programs Galore

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ummer is an ideal time for reading, whether relaxing at home, near the water or on vacation, and as a great alternative to TV and other digital screens for children. Our public libraries offer many opportunities via summer reading programs to savor printed words, from classics to current literature.

The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library (IMCPL), encompassing a main location and 22 branches, is re-creating the feel of the ‘60s and bringing it back to the present day with a feel-good way to make a difference through the Book-Aid campaign through July 27. Those that register receive a point card and will get points for each book checked out, read and returned during that time, plus earn bonus points. Points can be redeemed for prizes.

Check out other special children, teen and adult summer reading programs at Carmel Clay Public Library through August 6 (CarmelReads.org); Greenwood Public Library through July 27 (GreenwoodLibrary.us); Hamilton East Public Library (Fishers and Noblesville libraries) through July 31 (hepl.lib. in.us); Johnson County Libraries through July 20 (jcplin.org); and PlainfieldGuilford Township through July 31 (PlainfieldLibrary.net).

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newsbriefs Brain Balance Achievement Center to Host Two Events

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arents can learn how to better prepare youngsters for the start of the new school year by improving their aptitude and learning skills plus obtain special attention for those with ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, Tourette’s syndrome, Asperger’s syndrome, autism spectrum disorder or other issues at two free events this month at the Brain Balance Achievement Center, in Indianapolis. A special presentation to parents on how the Brain Balance program can help children succeed academically, behaviorally and socially will be held at 6:30 p.m. on July 2, followed by an open house from noon to 2 p.m. on July 11.

The Brain Balance program is designed to improve learning functions via sensory-motor training, bio-nutrition and specific cognitive activities for children from kindergarten through twelfth grade.

Brain Balance Achievement Centers strive to provide a personalized, drugfree and whole-child approach that goes far beyond symptoms to address root causes of what may be hindering proper brain functioning.

Location: 9510 N. Meridian St., Ste. D. For more information, call 317-8439200 or visit BrainBalanceIndy.com. See ad on page 11.

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AMMA Brings Hugs of Peace to Chicago Area

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ri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi—known as AMMA which means “mother” in her native language—will hold free events at 11 a.m. on July 3, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on July 4, and 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. on July 5 at the M.A. Center, in Elburn, a western suburb of Chicago. A spiritual leader, humanitarian and philanthropist who has hugged more than 30 million people worldwide, she is renowned for her extraordinary acts of love and self-sacrifice.

Amma’s efforts include raising millions of dollars for the Hurricane Katrina relief effort and Asian tsunami victims in 2005.

Other projects have included an orphanage in Haiti; state-of-theart hospitals in India, that are free to the poor; universities, schools, free homes for the poor and needy; medical camps; orphanages; and schools.

To meet Amma, guests need a token that is issued on a first-comefirst-served basis one hour before the start of each program. Tokens are limited, so arrive early. Location: 41W501 Keslinger Rd. View a schedule at Amma.org/meetingamma/north-america/chicago-area.

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New Nature Walk

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he Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, in Fishers, has a new a way for families to explore and learn the wonders and importance of nature and the environment— a half-mile-plus roundtrip nature walk. Also, the 800-acre facility invites the public to take advantage of many other new activities, programs and exhibits during the rest of its 2013 Year of Nature.

The nature walk encompasses a gravel path that begins in the heart of the outdoor historic areas and winds through a forest and along the top of a levee that is flanked by woods, farmland, prairie and the White River.

Participants, that are encouraged to bring binoculars and magnifying glasses, will encounter a variety of plant and animal life; learn how land was used in the past by Native Americans and William Conner, and how it is used today; and obtain a magnificent view of the prairie and migrating birds from an elevated observation deck.

Walkers are also recommended to wear walking shoes or boots as there are moderately steep areas; it is strongly advised that strollers, wheelchairs and other wheeled vehicles not be used on the trail.

Other current interactive exhibits at the park include TreeHouses: Look Who’s Living in the Trees! and Heritage Breeds: The Animals of Conner Prairie.

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earn how to support the continuing growth of the use of electric vehicles in our area by attending the first of regular monthly meetings of the Hoosier EVA organization from 10 a.m. to noon on July 6 at Tom Wood Nissan, in Indianapolis. The mission of the group, which was formed three years ago and is affiliated with the Electric Auto Association, is to grow local EV enthusiasts and to promote and educate the public regarding the many benefits of electric vehicles.

Last February, The New York Times reported about a free, solarpowered, plug-in station at the Clay Terrace Mall, in Carmel, along with other area stations and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s intent to eventually convert all city fleet vehicles to electric.

Hoosier EVA is led by recently elected president Richard Steiner, a technician who represents the many EV initiatives conducted at the Tom Wood Auto Group.

Location: 4150 E. 96th St. For more information, call 317-987-4890 or visit HoosierEVA.org. See ad on back cover.

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parrow Clubs USA—a charitable organization founded in the Pacific Northwest to assist critically ill children and their families by empowering other children in raising funds for medical and other healthcare needs— established a chapter in Indianapolis last year. It is reaching out to city and suburban schools to involve students to carry out its mission in our area.

In addition, local chapter director Mark Thornton is looking for sponINDIANA sors, volunteers and donations in its ongoing fundraising efforts to maximize its effectiveness and impact.

A Sparrow is a child in medical need referred by a hospital, social worker or community member. Families interested in becoming a Sparrow Family complete an application for assistance which is reviewed. A Sparrow project begins once a school and project sponsor are found and matched with the child.

Benefits for student participants include spreading awareness of a fellow student’s illness or condition, fostering kindness and acceptance; inspiring students to selfless acts and serving the community; and providing an opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life and in the entire community.

For more information, call 317-213-5083, email MThornton@SparrowClubs.org or visit SparrowClubsIn.org. www.AwakenIndy.com

healthbriefs A Bevy of Berry Benefits

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electable strawberries serve up some sweet health benefits.

Studying the effects of strawberries on cardiovascular health, heart disease and diabetes, scientists at the University of Warwick, UK, discovered that extracts from the fruit activate a protein called Nrf2, which increases antioxidant and other protective measures in the body and helps decrease blood lipids and cholesterol that can lead to cardiovascular problems. The scientists plan to continue their research in order to identify the most healthful varieties of strawberries, how they are best served or processed and the amount to eat for optimum benefits.

Kudos for Kale

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he U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new food pyramid, MyPlate (ChooseMyPlate. gov), is based on its 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, aimed at helping people make better food choices. Fruits and vegetables should comprise half our “plate”, and dark green veggies are the USDA’s top choice of nutrients. Kale leads the list of helpful leafy greens for many reasons.

Like its cousins in the Brassica family—broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and collards—kale is a low-calorie, nutrientdense powerhouse of antioxidants, including vitamins A and C. Per calorie, kale contains more iron than beef and more calcium than milk, and it is better absorbed by the body than most dairy products. A single serving (about one cup, chopped) provides 5 percent of the recommended daily intake of fiber, plus two grams of protein. The versatile veggie—it is tasty steamed, braised or baked—is also a rich source of both omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids.

Best of all, kale is a “green” green, high on the sustainability scale. Growing one pound of kale uses about 23 gallons of water; raising a pound of beef necessitates more than 2,400.

Sources: USDA.gov; VegSource.com

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healthbriefs Pre-Pregnancy Diet May Alter Genes

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t’s common knowledge that a mother’s diet during pregnancy makes a measurable difference in the health of her child.

Now, new research suggests that what a mom eats before becoming pregnant might be important, too. According to a study in the online edition of The FASEB Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, the foods eaten by a group of non-pregnant female mice chemically altered their DNA, and these changes were later passed on to their offspring. The DNA alterations, called “epigenetic” changes, due to an inadequate maternal diet dramatically reduced the animals’ ability to metabolize many essential fatty acids that are essential to health.

Stone Fruits Keep Waistlines Trim

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ome favorite summer fruits, like peaches, plums and nectarines, may help ward off metabolic syndrome, a collection of conditions including high blood sugar levels and excess fat around the waist that can lead to serious health issues such as stroke, heart disease and diabetes. A study by Texas A&M AgriLife Research, presented at the American Chemical Society’s 2012 National Meeting & Exposition, reported that pitted fruits contain bioactive compounds that can potentially fight the syndrome.

According to food scientist Luis Cisneros-Zevallos, Ph.D., “The phenolic compounds in the fruits have anti-obesity, anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic properties… and may also reduce the oxidation of the bad cholesterol, or LDL, which is associated with cardiovascular disease.”

Nature’s Own Sports Drink

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f Mother Nature chose an ideal sports drink for light-to-medium exercise, it might be coconut water, the clear liquid found most abundantly inside young, green coconuts. That’s the conclusion reached by Indiana University Southeast lecturer Chhandashri Bhattacharya, Ph.D., in presenting his research to the American Chemical Society.

“Coconut water is a natural drink that has everything your average sports drink has and more,” says Bhattacharya. “It has five times more potassium than Gatorade or Powerade. Whenever you get cramps in your muscles, potassium will help you get rid of them.”

A 12-ounce serving of coconut water may also help balance the typical American diet, which is too low in potassium and too high in sodium derived from excess salt; individuals consuming such diets tend to have twice the risk of death from heart disease and a 50 percent higher risk of death from all disease-related causes. Coconut water is also high in healthful antioxidants.

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Dangerous Duo Neotame is the New Aspartame

NutraSweet, a formerly Monsantoowned company, has developed a new version of Aspartame, called Neotame. It’s 3,000 times sweeter than table sugar and about 30 times sweeter than Aspartame. Not yet available directly to the public, Neotame is used to sweeten commercially processed foods, but is not required to be listed on package labels of noncertified organic foods. Neotame is more stable at higher temperatures than Aspartame, so it’s approved for use in a wider array of food products, including baked goods.

One of the byproducts created when our bodies break down these sweeteners is formaldehyde, which is extremely toxic even in tiny doses. In the U.S. National Library of Medicine, which contains more than 11 million medical citations, Neotame research fails to include any double-blind scientific studies on toxicity in humans or animals.

Nutrition expert Dr. Joseph Mercola notes that individuals experiencing side effects from Aspartame or Neotame can file a report with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at Tinyurl.com/FDASafetyReports.

Nanocellulose, a material derived from tree fiber and some grain stalks, could now potentially be sourced from blue-green algae in sufficient quantities to costefficiently create ultra-thin media displays, lightweight body armor, a one-pound boat that carries up to 1,000 pounds of cargo, and a wide range of other products. R. Malcolm Brown, Jr., Ph.D., a biology professor at the University of Texas at Austin, presented his team’s findings at an American Chemical Society conference as a major step toward “one of the most important discoveries in plant biology.”

Brown’s method uses genes from the family of bacteria that produces vinegar and secretes nanocellulose. The genetically altered algae, known as cyanobacteria, are entirely self-sustaining. They produce their own food from sunlight and water and absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, offering a natural way to reduce this major greenhouse gas.

Brown says bacterial nanocellulose can be used to create ballistic glass, aerospace materials or even wound dressings, because it retains its stiffness and strength even when submerged in liquid. Its most obvious application would be in paper, cardboard and display industries.

Source: TheVerge.com

Is Your Child Struggling With Academic, Social or Behavioral Issues?

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Brain Balance is an intensive after-school program for children in K-12th grade, designed to improve each function individually through sensory-motor training, specific cognitive activities, and bio-nutrition.

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globalbriefs Locavore Aid

A Handy Atlas for Eating Local Strolling of the Heifers, a Vermontbased local food advocacy group, has released its second annual Locavore Index, tracking the availability and use of locally produced foods and ranking states based on their committed support. Using recent data from multiple sources, the index incorporates farmers’ markets, community supported agriculture (CSA) operations and food hubs in its per capita comparison of consumer interest in eating locally sourced foods, known as locavorism. The top five states for accessibility of local foods are Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Iowa; the bottom five are Florida, Louisiana, Arizona, Nevada and Texas.

The organization’s Executive Director, Orly Munzing, says the purpose of the index is to encourage local food efforts by supporting farm-to-school programs, urging hospitals and nursing homes to purchase local foods and asking supermarkets to buy from local farms.

View the ranking of every state at Tinyurl.com/LocavoreIndex.

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Protecting a Natural Laboratory The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is working to preserve a tract known as the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), a world-renowned freshwater research facility in Northwestern Ontario that takes research out of the lab and into the environment, where scientists can isolate the effects of specific pollutants on aquatic ecosystems.

Over the past four decades, research conducted at the ELA has provided scientific evidence of the environmental effects of acid rain, phosphorous and other pollutants that has informed policy around the world. With new pressures like climate change and poorly understood emerging contaminants such as chromite, nanoparticles and endocrine disrupters, the logic for continued support is strong.

IISD President and CEO Scott Vaughan emphasizes the mission is to be an independent, world-class research facility for freshwater ecosystems science, maintained “in the public domain and in the public interest.”

Bee Careful

Honeybee-Killing Pesticides Banned in Europe Colony collapse disorder, a mysterious ailment that has been killing large numbers of honeybees for several years, is expanding, wiping out 40 to 50 percent of the hives needed to pollinate many of America’s fruits and vegetables. Some beekeepers and researchers cite growing evidence that a powerful class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids, which hinder the bees’ brain learning function and leave them unable to make the connection between floral scents and nectar, could be a key factor.

Although manufacturers claim the pesticides pose no threat to bees, a recent British honeybee field study found enough evidence to convince 15 of 27 EU member governments and the Executive European Commission to support a two-year ban on three of the world’s most widely used agricultural pesticides in this category, starting this December. The action followed a European Food Safety Authority report in April that indicated these toxins pose an acute risk to honeybees.

Source: Voice of America

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Six Ways to Eat Safe

The Latest Facts about Organics, Pesticides, Seeds and More

Pesticide Problems and Solutions

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ot fun in the summertime begins with fresh, sweet and savory seasonal flavors brought to life in al fresco gatherings with family and friends. As the popularity of farmers’ markets and home gardening surges onward, it’s time to feast on the tastiest produce, picked ripe from America’s farms and gardens for peak flavor and nutrition.

Similar to raising a sun umbrella, learning where food comes from and how it’s produced provides the best protection against getting burned. Here’s the latest on some of the season’s hottest food issues to help families stay safe and well nourished.

Local Organic Reigns Supreme

including shaking the farmer’s hand, asking about farming methods and developing sincere relationships. Buying local also supports the local economy and contributes to food security.

Yet “local” alone does not necessarily mean better.

Even small farmers may use harmful pesticides or feed their livestock genetically modified or engineered (GM, GMO or GE) feed. That’s one reason why the smartest food choice is organic, with local organic being the gold standard.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic certification label ensures that strict national organic standards—prohibiting the use of antibiotics, hormones and GM feed and ingredients—have been met. Plus, organically raised livestock must have access to the outdoors and ample time on pastures, naturally resulting in milk and meat with higher levels of health-protecting omega-3 fatty acids.

Still, organic naysayers abound. For example, many negative headlines were generated by a recent Stanford University study that questioned whether or not organic foods are safer or more healthful than conventional. Few news outlets relayed the researchers’ actual conclusions— that organic foods may reduce exposure to pesticide residues and antibiotic-resistant bacteria; children on organic diets have significantly lower levels of pesticide metabolites, or breakdown products, in their urine; organic milk may contain significantly higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids; and organic produce contains higher levels of healthprotecting antioxidants.

Jim Riddle, former organic outreach coordinator at the University of Minnesota, in Lamberton, explains that organic farming methods are based on building and improving the soil, promoting biodiversity and protecting natural resources, regardless of the size of the farm.

Healthier ecosystems, higher quality soil and clean water will produce healthier plants, which in turn support healthier animals and humans on a healthier planet.

Diana Dyer, a registered dietitian and garlic farmer near Ann Arbor, Michigan, observes, “You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy local, and that’s kind of the same thing.”

Purchasing local foods whenever possible has many merits,

Children are most vulnerable to the effects of pesticides and other environmental toxins, due to their smaller size and rapid physical development. Last December, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement that asserted, “Beyond acute poisoning, the influences of low-level pesticide exposures on child health are of increasing concern.” The organization links pesticide exposure to higher risk for brain tumors, leukemia, attention deficit disorders, autism and reductions in IQ.

Because weeds naturally develop resistance to the herbicides designed to kill them, Dow AgroSciences has genetically engineered seeds to produce crops that can withstand spraying with both the systemic herbicide glyphosate (Roundup), and 2,4-D, one of the active ingredients in Agent Orange, used as a defoliant in the Vietnam War. The latter is commonly applied to lawns and wheatproducing agricultural land, even though research reported in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives links exposure to 2,4-D to birth defects and increased cancer

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risk. Dow AgroSciences’ new GE seeds await regulatory approval.

Eric Mader, program director at the Portland, Oregonbased Xerces Society for the conservation of invertebrates and pollinator protection, warns that broad-spectrum pesticides kill beneficial insects along with those considered pests. Mader recommends increasing the number of beneficial insects, which feed on pests, by planting a greater diversity of native plants on farms and in home gardens.

Demand for GMO Labeling

Despite California’s narrow defeat of Proposition 37, which would have required statewide labeling of products containing GMOs, advocates at the Environmental Working Group and the Just Label It campaign are pushing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for nationwide GMO labeling. Responding to consumer demand, Whole Foods Market recently announced that it will require GMO labeling in all of its U.S. and Canadian stores by 2018.

Filmmaker Jeremy Seifert’s powerful new documentary, GMO OMG, should give the movement a major push, as well.

The 2013 film explores the danger in corporate patenting of seeds and the unknown health and environmental risks of engineered food. Seifert says, “I have a respon-

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sibility to my children to hand on to them a world that is not poisoned irreparably.” As for the promise that GMOs are required to “feed the world,” he believes it’s a lie, noting that it’s better to “feed the world well.”

Seed Freedom and Food Choice

Roger Doiron, founder and director of Kitchen Gardeners International, headquartered in Scarborough, Maine, celebrates Food Independence Day each July Fourth. Doiron believes that growing, harvesting, cooking and preserving food is both liberating and rewarding, and patriotic. More than 25,000 individuals from 100 countries belong to his nonprofit network that focuses on re-localizing the world’s food supply. Food freedom starts with seeds.

Saving and trading heirloom, non-hybrid, non-GMO seeds is becoming as easy as checking out a library book.

Several libraries across the country are serving as seed banks, where patrons check out seeds, grow crops, save seeds and then donate some back to their local library.

Liana Hoodes, director of the National Organic Coalition, in Pine Bush, New York, is a fan of her local Hudson Valley Seed Library. The library adheres to Indian Physicist Vandana Shiva’s Declaration of Seed Freedom and makes sure all seed sources are not related to, owned by or affiliated with biotech or pharmaceutical corporations. In addition to preserving heirloom and open-pollinated varieties, each seed packet is designed by a local artist.

Finicky about Fish

Grilled fish makes a lean, heart-healthy, low-calorie summer meal. Some fish, however, may contain chemicals that pose health risks, especially for pregnant or nursing women and children.

For example, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), nearly all fish and shellfish contain traces of mercury, which is toxic to a baby’s developing nervous system. Both the EPA and local state health departments post consumption advisories that recommend limiting or avoiding certain species of fish caught in specific locations.

For several decades, Captain Anne Mosness, a wild salmon fisherwoman, operated commercial fishing boats in Washington waters and from Copper River to Bristol Bay, Alaska. She worries about the threat of pollution from industrial aquaculture, plus the effects of genetically engineered salmon on wild fish populations, coastal economies and ecosystems.

Mosness explains that AquAdvantage Salmon, a product of AquaBounty Technologies, was created “by inserting a

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growth hormone gene from Pacific Chinook and a promoter gene from an eel-like fish called ocean pout into Atlantic salmon.” She questions the FDA approval process and failure to address unanswered questions about the risks of introducing “novel” animals into the food supply, as well as related food allergies and greater use of antibiotics in weaker fish populations. “The salmon farming industry already uses more antibiotics per weight than any other animal production,” comments Mosness.

The FDA’s official public comment period on GMO salmon closed in April, but consumers can still voice concerns to their legislators while demanding and applauding national GMO labeling. GMO fish may be on our dinner plates by the end of the year, but with labels, consumers gain the freedom to make informed choices. Consumers can also ask retailers not to sell GMO fish. Trader Joe’s, Aldi and Whole Foods have all committed to not selling GMO seafood.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, antibiotics are one of the greatest public health achievements of the past 100 years. However, one of the most critical public health and economic issues we currently face is the loss of these drugs’ effectiveness, due in large part to their misuse and overuse in industrial agriculture.

Dr. David Wallinga, senior advisor in science, food and health at the Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy, says that about 80 percent of all antibiotics are given to farm animals for two reasons: to prevent illness associated with living in crowded, stressful and often unsanitary conditions; and to promote “feed efficiency”, or weight gain.

However, bacteria naturally mutate to develop resistance to antibiotics when exposed to doses that are insufficient to kill them.

Wallinga points out that antibiotic-resistant infections, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), cost our nation at least $20 billion annually and steal tens of thousands of American lives each year. Most recently, hard-to-treat urinary tract infections (UTI), were traced to antibiotic-resistant E. coli bacteria in chickens.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria exist in our environment, but are more likely to be found in conventionally, rather than organically raised meat and poultry, which by law must be raised without antibiotics. Consumers beware: the word “natural” on food labels does not provide the same protection. The good news is that according to Consumers Union research, raising meat and poultry without antibiotics can be accomplished at minimal cost to the consumer—about five cents extra per pound for pork and less than a penny per pound extra for chicken.

Melinda Hemmelgarn, aka the “Food Sleuth”, is a registered dietitian and award-winning writer and radio host at KOPN.org, in Columbia, MO (FoodSleuth@gmail.com).

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Fresh-from-Earth Fare Meets Heavenly Art Artist Nancy Noël Serves Up Farm-to-Table Elegance at Colours

by Tammy LeRoy

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f you’ve never visited Hoosier artist Nancy Noël’s celebrated gallery, The Sanctuary—a must-see destination in Indiana—you now have double the incentive. The Zionsville gallery that houses the artist’s well-loved paintings currently hosts a unique dining concept, as well. Colours Restaurant offers farm-fresh meals tastefully prepared by a master chef in a setting where guests are surrounded by masterworks of art.

It’s an experience diners simply can’t get anywhere else.

“Healthy, edgy and upscale” are words Noël uses to describe the restaurant she set out to create. Her commitment to healthful, responsibly produced food sent her on a quest to learn all she could about the quality, nutrition and production of meats and produce. She began a search for local sources, visiting each farm and witnessing firsthand the conditions under which the food is grown and harvested.

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food she eats and that is used in the restaurant is that she doesn’t believe irresponsible producers should be rewarded. “I don’t want to support these people who are trying to kill us,” she says, adding that much of the food now available is more or less programmed to make us sick.

After finding good sources for locally grown, humanely produced food, she embarked on a $175,000 renovation that included a kitchen overhaul and the addition of a private dining area on the lower level, bringing her investment in the property—a 135-year-old Victorian church— to close to $1 million.

To complete the project, Noël searched for an outstanding chef who could prepare nutritious food in creative ways. She didn’t want to settle for less than a top-tier chef for Colours, but no one she interviewed was making the grade. Then, a cancelled flight and a six-hour delay in Miami landed Noël in the right place at the right www.AwakenIndy.com

time. She found herself seated next to a man who was connected with a great European chef as particular about fresh, organic food as Noël was. Even more remarkable, she says, is that she was able to convince the young chef to relocate to Indiana.

Fresh produce that’s authentically organic and meat that’s raised and processed humanely are imperative to Noël, as well as to her staff. “We get all of our food from local growers and local breeders. All of our eggs come from chickens we know,” she smiles.

But Noël is adamant that taste need not be sacrificed for healthiness. “Our chef makes fabulous sauces from vegetable purees, and you’d think you’re eating a rich cream sauce,” she says.

The contemporary menu at Colours offers an innovative assortment of seasonally inspired dishes. Entrees include flavorsome choices such as poached, roasted chicken served with barbequed sweet corn, pickled red onions and charred leeks. For a starter, confit and charred Alaskan salmon with pearl barley, wasabi, yogurt and cucumber is a favorite. Colours also offers a creative assortment of desserts, including goat cheese ice cream with hazelnuts and candied lemon. Diners can refresh themselves with a sparkling glass of dry cucumber soda, and Noël and her team have also searched for the finest vineyards worldwide to offer a unique selection of wines.

Although outstanding cuisine is reason enough to visit Colours at The Sanctuary, food is only part of the experience. Noël’s celebrated gallery is worth a trip on its own. Her work has been commissioned to represent some of the world’s most recognized organizations and her iconic paintings of children are treasured worldwide.

In the tradition of American oil painting, portraiture and artistic studies of children, Noël is considered a modern master. Her patrons include such notables as Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Jane Seymour and Robert Redford. Buyers frequently report having a specific spiritual connection with the painting’s subject, although Noël has never seen the child she has painted.

She rarely uses models; instead, Noël says she just begins painting and the faces reveal themselves.

“I realized a long time ago that most of my paintings are inspired by the Divine, rather than by my own choices,” she says. “It’s just as amazing to me as it is to everyone else when people show me photographs of lost loved ones who are not only the same child, but are in the same pose as the one I painted. It’s happened so many times that I’m not even surprised by it anymore. I just accept it.”

The 19th-century building that houses The Sanctuary offers ceiling heights soaring 24 feet in the main gallery. Visitors comment frequently on the gallery’s peaceful, transcendent ambiance. More than 100 original works grace the gallery’s walls, some as large as nine-by-nine feet.

Colours’ dining room is off the main gallery and features a carved Victorian bar rescued from the former Claypool Hotel in downtown Indianapolis. For special events, guests can be served in a cozy new dining area on the lower level, outdoors on a Victorian porch, or in a private area situated in an upstairs loft that features a fireplace and grand views of the gallery.

With great acoustics, The Sanctuary hosts special concerts as well as weddings and other events. Wherever visitors are entertained, they are surrounded by Noël’s magnificent paintings.

“I want The Sanctuary to be the whole experience,” Noël says. “I want

the atmosphere, I want the art, I want the music and I want the food.” Overall, Noël says she has tried to create what she herself would want to experience. “I always ask myself, ‘What would I want?’” she says.

Interestingly, Noël says the creation of her much-loved prints began the same way, when she couldn’t find the type of paintings she wanted to display in her own home. “I started painting what I wanted hanging on my own walls,” Noël says. “It’s worked out pretty well.” With sales of her prints now numbering over 1 million, one would have to agree.

Those that crave organic food that’s deliciously prepared should find

the new restaurant a welcome addition to the Indianapolis area. The fact that it’s housed in the splendid gallery of one of Indiana’s most-loved artists will put Colours high up on the must-see lists of out-of-state visitors and local residents.

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Location: 75 N. Main St., in Zionsville.

For reservations or more information call 317-733-1117 or visit NANoel.com or ColoursRestaurant.com.

Tammy LeRoy is a freelance writer and editor and is the author of six books, including Legends of Western Horsemanship and Maggie’s Place: Building a Community of Love.

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Letting Kids Just Be Kids

They Thrive on Natural, Unstructured Fun

by Madeline Levine

Well-meaning attempts to fill a child’s summer with enriching activities may do more harm than good. Why not let kids just be kids?

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better students. otions of summer as endless

Child development expert David free time—to climb trees, Elkind, Ph.D., author of The Power of chase fireflies, build a fort in Play, maintains, “Play is essential to the woods, maybe set up a lemonade positive human destand—have been supplanted in many Thinking back to our velopment.” Various teach new confamilies by pricey own best childhood types cepts and contribute summer camps or other highly strucmemory, it won’t be to skills, including peer relations tured activities. But a class or lesson, but helpful and ways to deal with unstructured play stress. isn’t wasted time; it’s the time we were Self-initiated and the work of childallowed to just be. self-directed play hood, a vehicle for means the child is calling the shots developing a basic set of life skills. and learning what comes naturally.

Research published in Early Childhood Research & Practice shows that If a child strums a guitar because children that attend play-based rather he loves it, that’s play. When being than academic preschools become instructed, the child may enjoy the

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experience, but it’s not the same, because the motivation is at least partly external.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children play outside as much as possible—for at least 60 minutes a day—yet almost half of America’s youth routinely aren’t getting any time outside, according to study findings reported in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Outdoor play helps combat childhood obesity, acquaints them with their larger environment and supports coping skills.

Every child is different. But as Dr. Kenneth R. Ginsburg, a professor of pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania and a leading expert on resilience, remarks, “Every child needs free, unscheduled time to master his or her environment.” Play is valuable because it miniaturizes the world to a manageable size and primes kids for learning.

Consider the complexities involved in a game of chase. Kids develop social skills in organizing and agreeing on rules, and then participate in the physical and creative actions of the actual activity while resolving conflicts or disagreements during its course—providing a foundation for excelling in school and even the business world.

Solitary play also provides problem-solving practice. A young girl playing with her dolls may try out different ways of handling the situation if one of them “steals” a treat from the dollhouse cookie jar before tea is served.

Because youth haven’t yet developed a capacity for abstract thinking, they learn and discover more about themselves mainly by doing. Developing small self-sufficiencies gives kids a sense of power in a world in which they are, in fact, small and powerless. This is why kids love to imagine dragon-slaying scenarios. Taking risks and being successful in independent play can increase confidence and prepare them to resist peer pressures and stand up to bullying.

Given our global challenges, tomorrow’s adults will need the skills developed by such play—innovation,

creativity, collaboraMost experts agree that considerable daily, unguided time tion and ethical probthat kids should have not devoted to any lem solving—more than any preceding more unstructured structured activity facilitates their investgeneration. A major free time than ment in the emotional IBM study of more structured playtime. energy required to than 1,500 CEOs develop their own from 60 countries and ~ Dr. Kenneth R. Ginsburg identities. It is this 33 industries in 2010 sense of self that provides a home found that the single most soughtbase—a place to retreat, throughout after trait in a CEO is creativity. life.

To survive and thrive, our sense

Ultimately, everyone must rely of self must be shaped internally, not externally. We need to learn and focus on their own resources and sense of self or they’ll always be looking on what we’re good at and like to do; for external direction and validathat’s why it’s vital to have kids try tion. Mental health workers say that lots of different activities, rather than produces kids that take unnecessary immersing them full-time in parental risks, have poor coping skills and preferences and dictated experiences. are vulnerable to substance abuse.

Leading experts in the field agree

Business leaders say such a tendency produces workers that need too much time, resources and direction to be really valuable.

In the end, learning who we are primarily takes place not in the act of doing, but in the quiet spaces between things, when we can reflect upon what we have done and who we are. The more of these quiet spaces families provide for kids, the better.

Yard Games

ropes for a spot of double Dutch, a game brought to New York City from Holland by early settlers. A large elastic band becomes a Chinese jump rope. Tree twigs or small branches work for stickball or double ball, a game played by native peoples on this continent hundreds of years before Jamestown or Plymouth Rock. Larger tree limbs can be cut into eight-to10-inch sections for use in mölkky, a popular Finnish tossing contest that is gaining favor here (move over corn hole).

Several games only require a ball, and many more don’t require any apparatus at all. Think of the copycat games such as Follow-theLeader or Red Light/Green Light, or the Hide ’n Seek games, Fox and Hound, Ghost in the Graveyard and Capture the Flag. They offer as many variations on a theme as they do hours of exercise, communing with nature, conflict resolution and unstructured, untallied play.

We’ll never get all the way back to the time when neighborhoods and the games we played were children’s only babysitters, but that doesn’t mean we can’t give it the old college try.

Memorable Family Fun

by Paul Tukey

Given their prevalence today, it’s remarkable that video games have been in existence for just 40 years. What has evolved—children spending an average eight to nine sedentary hours per day in front of a video screen—was not part of the inventor’s plan.

“It’s sad, in some regards,” says Ralph H. Baer, “the father of video games” who introduced the rudimentary game of Pong in 1972. “I thought we would be helping families bond together in the living room; the opposite has happened.”

For those of us that pine for the era when our mothers would send us outside in the morning with a sandwich in a bag and a canteen full of

water—with orders not to come inside until dinner time—it’s gratifying to know an old-fashioned childhood need not be committed to memory.

Games, the real ones played outdoors, are alive and well.

“One of the great things about the games we played is that most of them are free, or one-time, lifetime purchases,” says actress Victoria Rowell, co-author of a book that offers an antidote to the video game revolution, Tag, Toss & Run: 40 Classic Lawn Games.

Families can easily find the makings for all sorts of outdoor family fun.

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Madeline Levine, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and educator in San Francisco, CA, is the author of New York Times bestsellers, Teach Your Children Well and The Price of Privilege. See MadelineLevine.com/ category/blogs.

Paul Tukey is co-author of Tag, Toss & Run and founder of SafeLawns.org, which includes outdoor games resources.

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A Green Night’s Sleep for Travelers Pioneers Show the Way to Eco-Friendly Stays

by Avery Mack

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hen your company motto is ‘true to nature’, you have to follow through,” says Tom Tabler, director of sales and marketing for the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa. “We look at everything, from the biodegradable ink pens in the guest rooms to the staff’s summer uniform.”

Managers’ sport coats consist of lightweight plastic fibers and rubber from recycled materials. “They breathe fine, are comfortable and look great,” Tabler remarks.

Hotel construction adhered to eco-friendly practices. A 100-acre bird sanctuary followed the onsite discovery of endangered goldencheeked warblers. The 36-hole golf course is certified by the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program and deemed the most eco-friendly in the United States by the PGA Tour. The hotel’s four pools and a lazy river for tubing honor the region’s dry climate; water reclamation via closed loop natural catchments and rain retention

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ponds keep guests afloat and the golf course green.

Also in Texas, the Four Seasons Hotel Austin has a “zero waste” goal, requiring the recycling of 90 percent of all onsite waste.

Shadowboxes above trash cans show guests examples of what is and isn’t recyclable, while unused soap and other toiletries are donated to local women’s shelters.

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to recycle,” says Kerri Holden, senior director of public relations. “In April, we were at the 70 percent compliance mark. We hope to reach our 90 percent goal by year’s end.” She notes that after management cancelled weekly dumpster service, only one six-bysix-foot trash container remains. Even worn linens become cleaning rags.

The saltwater swimming pool uses soda ash, rather than harsher chlorine chemical treatments.

Kitchen scraps are composted and become fertilizer for the hotel’s herb and vegetable garden and flowerbeds. Natural compost bags in guest rooms collect banana peels, apple cores and other organic food waste.

At the end of the year, guests that composted during their visit receive a thank-you letter and The Nature Conservancy plants a tree in their name in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, one of the world’s most endangered tropical forests (PlantABillion.org).

Boston’s Colonnade Hotel, built in the 1970s, grows greener with each upgrade. “We replace systems with the greenest possible solutions,” explains Keith Alexander, director of property operations. Guest room windows have been replaced with filmed and insulating twinned panes to save power year-round. Electrolyzed water is now used for cleaning; a higher pH works as a nontoxic degreaser, while a lower pH turns water into a sanitizer, eliminating the need for chemical cleansers and gloves. Next, the hotel

plans to install a large commercial dishwasher that will use electrolyzed water instead of chlorine-based cleaners.

California’s Cavallo Point Lodge, near San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, opened in Sausalito in 2008 as the newest national park lodge and the only one with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. It was built in the early 1900s to house Fort Baker’s military families.

While renovations have enlarged the rooms, wood door framing maintains the rustic appearance and the wood floors are either original or made from repurposed wood. “We learned

throughout its 300-acre property in 2009, in the spirit of the nearby Mount Hood National Forest. The mountain is home to the only ski lodge certified by the Sustainable Travel Institute, using United Nations criteria.

“We are a base camp for skiers, hikers, off-road bikers and fly fishermen,” says General Manager John Erickson. “Our ‘field to stream’ menu features northwest products and of course, fish.”

The resort’s golf course, following the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary

Program, uses natural methods for weed control. “We pull them up,” says Erickson. “Wildflowers get to stay where they are.” Golfers and fishermen volunteer to help keep the course in good shape and the water channels clear for salmon and steelhead. From the golf course, visitors can see the salmon swimming upstream. “Most of the fishermen catch and release,” says Erickson. “We want to be good stewards of the land.”

Connect with freelance writer Avery Mack at AveryMack@mindspring.com.

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Unsurprisingly, food for the lodge restaurant and onsite cooking school is purchased from local farmers.

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Health Rules Crazy, Sexy, Savvy, Yummy

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n summer, when many fruits, herbs and vegetables are at their peak, it makes sense to harness their power for the family’s benefit. “Some people flock to plantempowered living for better health, others because of their spiritual beliefs, to support animal welfare, respect the environment or best of all, because it tastes great,” says wellness activist Kris Carr, a documentary filmmaker, New York Times bestselling author and the educational force behind KrisCarr.com.

Carr joined the wellness revolution after being diagnosed with a rare disease. It proved to be the incentive she needed to change her eating habits and find renewed power and energy. Her new book, Crazy Sexy Kitchen, with recipes by Chef Chad Sarno, celebrates the colors, flavors and powers of plants that nourish us at the cellular level.

Her main tenets include a focus on:

Reducing inflammation. Inflammation is caused by what we eat, drink, smoke, think (stress), live in (environment), or don’t do well (lack of exercise). At the cellular level, it can lead to allergies, arthritis, asthma, heart disease, dia-

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betes, digestive disorders and cancer, according to Victoria Drake, Ph.D., of the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, who culled the latest research (LPI.OregonState.edu/infocenter/inflammation.html).

Creating an acid/alkaline balance. “Tilting the pH scale in the alkaline direction is easy with a diet filled with mineral-rich plant foods,” says Carr. It also means minimizing meat, dairy, sugar, eggs, commercially processed foods, coffee and alcohol.

Drinking produce. Green juices and green smoothies are ideal. “They are the most important part of my personal daily practice, one that I will never abandon,” Carr notes.

Carr and her husband, Brian Fassett, whom she met when he edited her documentary, Crazy Sexy Cancer, share the juice and smoothie making responsibilities. “We make enough to have two 12-ounce servings of green drinks a day. Our recipes are often guided by what’s available in the fridge,” she advises. The secret is a three-to-one ratio of three veggies for every piece of fruit.

Kale reigns in their home. The dark leafy superfood is especially suited for smoothies, salads and sautés. They like kale’s generous helping of vitamin K for maintaining strong bones.

Carr’s Crazy Sexy Kale Salad is dressed with vinaigrette that includes flax oil, which she notes is high in omega-3s to promote healthy brain function. It’s also a well-known anti-inflammatory food. “Make sure to buy cold-pressed, organic flax oil in a dark bottle and store it in the fridge,” she advises, “because light and heat may turn the oil rancid. I like Barlean’s brand, but there are many other quality flax oils available. Since it is sensitive to heat, I use it mostly in salad dressings and smoothies.”

Carr maintains that, “By decreasing the amount of acidic inflammatory foods while increasing the amount of healthy and alkaline plant foods, you flood your body with vitamins, minerals, cancer-fighting phytochemicals, antioxidants and fiber.” This supports the body in maintaining and repairing itself.

She further points out, “Once your body repairs, it can renew. That’s big-healer medicine. You might as well get a business card that reads: self-care shaman.”

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Easy Summer Recipes Crazy Sexy Fridge Foods “Many of my recipes have been influenced by cultural experiences, twists on favorite childhood meals or newly discovered ingredients,” says Chef Chad Sarno. “The strawberry smoothie is among Kris Carr’s favorites. Few dishes have proved to be as timeless and widely beloved as the kale salad.”

Strawberry Fields Smoothie

Enjoy the nostalgic tastiness of strawberry milk sans moo juice or powdered junk. Strawberries are phytonutrient factories, supplying the body with a bounty of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant nutrients.

Each week, Kris Carr stocks her fridge with what she considers “whole, plant-based deliciousness.” One of the biggest secrets of eating healthy, she says, is being prepared. “Always keep a well-stocked arsenal of healthy ingredients at your disposal,” she advises. “At the very least, you’ll always be ready to whip up a green juice or smoothie.” n Canning jars filled with

n Flax oil

n Flax bread

ready-to-drink home- made smoothies and green juices

n Kale, parsley, spinach,

Yields 2 servings

3 cups cashew or nondairy milk of choice 2 cups fresh strawberries 1 Tbsp lemon zest 1 small orange, peeled 1 banana 1½ cups loosely packed spinach

cauliflower, cucumber, bell peppers and citrus fruits

n Vegan buttery spread n Vegan mayonnaise n Raw sauerkraut n Vegan sausages n Cacao powder

Blend all ingredients until smooth in a high-speed blender.

Crazy Sexy Kale Salad

Kale is the king of leafy veggies and rules this preventionrocks salad. Serve it solo with a favorite cooked grain, or wrapped in nori or a gluten-free tortilla. Crown this kale creation by adding chopped fresh herbs or favorite diced vegetables. To be fancy, serve the salad wrapped in a cucumber slice.

Gluten-Free Menu Options

Yields 2 to 3 servings 1 bunch kale, any variety, shredded by hand 1 cup diced bell peppers, red, yellow or orange ¼ cup chopped parsley 1½ avocados with pit removed, chopped 2 Tbsp flax oil 1½ tsp lemon juice Sea salt, to taste Pinch of cayenne, to taste 1 cucumber

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Combine all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl.

Massage and mix using both hands to “wilt” the kale and cream the avocado (takes just a minute or two). Then serve.

For a fun touch, cut a thin lengthwise slice of cucumber and create a circle to outline each serving of salad, stitching the ends of the cucumber slice together with a toothpick. Place the salad in the cucumber ring and then serve.

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you’re away. It’s a simple option once you are in the habit of using it.

Of course, you’ll want to make all kinds of fresh salads.

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Relishing Raw Food

How do you maintain your raw food plan when you are eating out or in social settings?

Supermodel Carol Alt on How Eating Raw Keeps Her Vibrant photo by Jimmy Bruch

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arol Alt characterizes the latest stage of her 30-plus-year career as a “perfect storm of busy,” including the launch of her latest book, Easy Sexy Raw, and her roles in Woody Allen’s film, To Rome with Love, and the HBO documentary, About Face, exploring the relationship between physical appearance and the business of beauty. For the past year, she’s been overseeing the U.S. launch of her skin care line, Raw Essentials.

How has your relationship with food changed over the years, and what role has raw food played?

I grew up like other kids on Long Island. Mom cooked spaghetti and macaroni and cheese. Dad would sometimes grill a piece of meat until it was dead a second time. On weekends, we ate pizza or Chinese takeout. I never realized broccoli was green, because overcooking turned it gray.

One day, I got sent home from a job because they said I was not in “swimsuit condition.” A friend recommended a physician that specialized in raw food diets, which was the first I’d heard of it.

So I tried a raw diet, cold turkey, and felt better immediately. Today I eat raw food as an anti-aging agent and natural medicine that makes me healthier; it’s also a filler that makes me less hungry. My holistic lifestyle no longer includes any over-the-counter drugs.

These days, my system runs efficiently, like an electric golf cart.

When I need to go, I go. When I need to stop and sleep, I sleep. The body can work phenomenally well if we just let it.

“Raw” seems like an easy diet to prepare, but some of the methods can take time and special equipment.

What’s a simple starting point?

Using a blender, you can make everything from soup to dessert. Start with things like guacamole, salsa and soups. You can also use a pot and hot water (up to 115 degrees) to warm kelp noodles to add to a blended soup. You can make a mousse from raw chocolate and avocado.

Also begin to think of a dehydrator as a crock-pot that works while

I look for foods that I know will be raw. If I have any doubts, I ask the chef. If there’s any question, I just don’t eat it.

There’s a bit of discipline in this.

You have to eat on a schedule and make sure you are getting the food you need. I may lunch even if I am not hungry, especially when I know I’ll be dining out later. It’s important to make sure you are not feeling deprived and hungry; otherwise you may find yourself craving things like the bread on the table.

Do you ever miss cooked foods and sometimes indulge?

My diet is 75 to 95 percent raw.

When you eat raw foods, you feel so much better that you don’t want to eat anything else. My one indulgence is munching on popcorn when my favorite sports team plays.

Do you have any final advice on exploring a raw diet?

Relax and have fun trying different things. If you cheat, it’s okay. If you feel deprived in any way, go eat.

Above all, enjoy the adventure.

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Pet Food Perils Lurking GMOs May Hurt Our Pets

by Dr. Michael W. Fox

“Look first for the USDA Certified Organic label.

Next, look for other words and terms on the package indicating it comprises natural, humane, free-range, grass-fed and GM- or GEfree ingredients. Watch out for chemical preservatives, artificial coloring, byproducts, GMOs, irradiation/ radioisotope treatment, hormones and antibiotics.

In short, seek out whole organic foods appropriate to the species.” ~ Dr. Michael Fox

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ike a canary in a coal mine, dogs serve as sentinels, drawing our attention to health hazards in our shared home environment and in the products and byproducts of the food industry.

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increasingly prominent ingredients in both pet food products and feed for farm animals, the number of dogs reported suffering from a specific cluster of health problems increased.

It also became evident from discussion among veterinarians and dog owners that such health problems occurred more often among dogs eating pet food that included GM crops than those consuming food produced from conventional crops.

The conditions most cited included allergies, asthma, atopic (severe) dermatitis and other skin problems, irritable bowel syndrome, leaky gut syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, colitis, recurrent diarrhea, vomiting and indigestion, plus abnormalities in liver, pancreas and immune system functions. People often reported failed treatments and harmful side effects to prescribed remedies (e.g. steroids), as well as problems with various manufactured prescription diets after their attending veterinarians diagnosed their animals with these conditions.

According to a 2011 study in the journal Cell Research, in engineering crops like corn and soybean, novel proteins are created that can assault the immune system and cause allerwww.AwakenIndy.com

gies and illnesses, especially in the offspring of mothers fed GMO foods.

Diminished nutrient content is a concurrent issue.

“The results of most of the few independent studies conducted with GM foods indicate that they may cause hepatic, pancreatic, renal and reproductive effects and may alter hematological, biochemical and immunologic parameters,”concluded Artemis Dona and Ioannis S. Arvanitoyannis, of the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at the University of Athens Medical School, in their 2009 study on the effect of GM foods on animals.

Such problems are caused partly by the inherent genetic instability of GM plants, which can result in spontaneous and unpredictable mutations (Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews). DNA in GM foods is

altered by the genetic engineering process; it can be incorporated by gut bacteria and may alter their behavior and ecology in the digestive tract. Likewise, when digestive bacteria incorporate material from antibiotic-resistant genes, engineered into patented GM foods crops to identify them, it could have serious health implications, according to Jeffrey M. Smith in his book, Genetic Roulette, and Terje Traavik and Jack Heinemann, co-authors of Genetic Engineering and Omitted Health Research.

What Pet Owners Can Do

Look for pet foods that are free of GM corn and soy, and/or organically certified. Pet food manufacturers that use U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) certified organic ingredients—and especially those that don’t use corn, soy, canola, cotton byproducts (oil and cake) or sugar beet, which are more commonly genetically engineered, or imported rice, which can have GM strains—can legitimately claim “No GMO Ingredients” on their packaging.

Information, plus tips on avoiding hidden GMO ingredients are available at NonGMOShopping Guide.com. Many websites also provide recipes for home-prepared diets for companion animals, including DogCatHomePreparedDiet.com.

Let responsible pet food manufacturers know of consumers’ concerns and heed Hippocrates’ advice to let our food be our medicine and our medicine be our food. Enlightened citizen action is an integral part of the necessary revolution in natural agriculture aimed at promoting more ecologically sound, sustainable and humane farming practices, a healthier environment and more healthful, wholesome and affordable food for us and our canine companions.

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DAILY Waterman’s Farm Market – 8am-8pm.

Thru early Nov. 7010 E Raymond St, Indianapolis. Also 10am-7pm, June & Oct at 100 N Ind 37, Greenwood. 317-888-4189.

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SUNDAY Crooked Creek Farmers’ Market – 11:30am3pm. Thru mid-Oct. 7003B N Michigan Rd I, Indianapolis. 317-257-5388. CrookedCreekFm.org.

Irvington Farmers’ Market – 12-3pm. Open 2nd Sun each month thru Oct. Ellenberger Park, 5301 E Saint Claire St, Indianapolis. 317-356-2831.

TUESDAY Washington Township Community Park Farmers’ Market – 5-7:30pm. Thru Oct. 150 N & CR 475 E (Community Park), Avon. 317-745-0785.

WEDNESDAY Harvest Market at the Fairgrounds – 8am-12pm.

July-Oct. Hancock County 4-H Fairgrounds, 620 N Apple St, Greenfield. 765-617-1768.

HoosierHarvestCouncil.com.

Original Farmers’ Market at the City Market – 9:30am-1:30pm. 222 E Market St, Indianapolis. 317-634-9266. IndyCM.com/index.php/ Farmers-Market.

Morgan County Farmers’ Market – 3-7pm. Thru 1st week of Oct. All items sold at this market are produced in Indiana. MSCSC Education Center, 11 W Carlisle St, Mooresville. 317-501-3000.

McCordsville Farmers’ Market – 4-7pm.

Thru Sept. 5759 W Broadway, McCordsville.

317-335-3151.

Plainfield Chamber of Commerce Farmers’ Market – 4-7pm. Thru mid-Sept. Plainfield Friends Meeting Lawn, 105 East St, Plainfield.

317-839-3800.

THURSDAY Statehouse Farmers’ Market – Lunch hrs. Thru Oct. 10. Farmers’ Market with Food Trucks. Indiana Government Center Campus near the Indiana Statehouse. In.Gov/spd/2737.htm.

38th & Meridian Farmers’ Market – 4-6:30pm.

Thru Oct. 3808 N Meridian St, Indianapolis.

317-926-6623.

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Abundant Life Church Farmers’ Market – 4-7pm. Thru Sept. 7606 E 82nd St, Indianapolis.

317-585-9162. ALCIndy.com/ALCFarmersMarket.html.

FRIDAY Summer Green Market – 4-8pm. Thru Oct. Shop local food growers and crafters outside on the Garden Lawn. Rain or shine. The Green Market, 9010 Moore Rd, Zionsville. TPFOrganics.com.

SATURDAY Zionsville Farmers’ Market – 8-11am. Thru Sept.

Main St & Hawthorne, Zionsville. 317-478-4107.

ZionsvilleFarmersMarket.org.

Carmel Farmers’ Market – 8-11:30am. Thru Oct. 5 Center Green, in the shadow of the Palladium, Carmel. CarmelFarmersMarket.com.

Broad Ripple Farmers’ Market – 8am-12pm.

Thru mid-November. Broad Ripple High School, 1115 Broad Ripple Ave, in lot behind school, Indianapolis. BroadRippleFarmersMarket.org.

Cumberland Farmers’ Market – 8am-12pm. Thru Oct. Cumberland Town Hall, 11501 E Washington St, Cumberland.

Danville Chamber Farmers’ Market – 8am12pm. Main St & Washington, Danville.

317-745-0670.

Fishers Farmers’ Market – 8am-12pm. Thru Sept. Fishers Train Station, 11601 Municipal Dr, Fishers. 317-578-0700. FishersChamber.com/ Chamber/Farmers_Market.aspx.

Greenwood Farmers’ Market – 8am-12pm.

Greenwood United Methodist Church, 525 N Madison, Greenwood. 317-883-9144.

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Harvest Market at the Fairgrounds – 8am-12pm.

Thru Oct. Hancock County 4-H Fairgrounds, 620 N Apple St, Greenfield. 765-617-1768.

Shelby County Farmers’ Market – 8am-12pm.

Thru Oct. East half of Shelbyville Public Square, Shelbyville. 317-398-9552 or 317-392-4230.

Noblesville Farmers’ Market – 8am-12:30pm.

Thru mid-Oct. Riverview Overflow Parking Lot. 317-776-0205. NoblesvilleMainStreet.org.

Binford Farmers’ Market – 8am-1pm. Thru Oct. Hawthorn Plaza, 5060 E 62nd St, Indianapolis.

317-841-0755. BinfordFarmersMarket.com.

Morgan County Farmers’ Market – 9am-1pm.

Thru 1st week of Oct. All items sold at this market are produced in Indiana. Located in the Downtown Square near the Courthouse, 180 S Main St, Martinsville. 317-501-3000.

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TUESDAY, JULY 2

Brain Balance Center of Indianapolis Parent Presentation – 6:30pm. Learn more about how the Brain Balance Program can help your child succeed academically, behaviorally and socially.

Free. Brain Balance Center of Indy, 9150 N Meridian St, Ste D, Indianapolis. 317-843-9200.

BrainBalanceIndy.com.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3

CarmelFest – July 3-4. 4-10:30pm, Wed; 10:30am-10:30 pm Thurs. Outdoor festival with live music, entertainment, food, games and more. Parade Th, 10:30 am. Fireworks display Thurs night 9:45 pm. Admission and parking free. Carmel Civic Square. 317-574-1363.

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SAVE THE DATE Meet AMMA: Mata Amritanandamayi – Renowned Humanitarian and Spiritual Leader at her Chicago Ashram. Five free public programs: Wed, July 3, 11am-5pm; Thurs, July 4, 10am & 7pm; Fri, July 5: 10am and “Devi Bhava” - A Celebration of World Peace at 7pm. Individual blessings, inspirational music, meditation, spiritual discourse, tasty food. Tokens for individual blessings available 90 minutes before each program. MA Center Chicago, 41W501 Keslinger Rd, Elburn. For details: Chicago.AMMA.org.

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THURSDAY, JULY 4

Happy 4th of July Enjoy fireworks throughout the city!

Fourth of July Ice Cream Social – 11am-3pm.

Tour the home of the 23rd President of the United States, enjoy activities in the kids test, a treasure hunt, variety of lawn games and the White River Jazz Band live. $17 adults; $14 member adults; $6 students (5-11); free children 4 & under. 1230 N Delaware St, Indianapolis. 317-631-1888.

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Regions Bank Freedom Blast – 9:45pm. Celebrate the biggest fireworks display in the state with your family and friends as fireworks are launched from the Regions Bank tower in downtown Indianapolis. The display can be seen from most areas in Indianapolis. Regions Bank Tower, 1 Indiana Square.

FRIDAY, JULY 5

FOODCON IV – 6-10pm. Join in an unconventional convention celebrating the art and culture of food in Indiana, with a wide and exciting variety of local food enthusiasts.

Attendees can learn more about raising goats and chickens, beekeeping, salmon cooperatives, hydroponics, lead abatement, area farms, cooperative groceries and more. A mini-food truck festival will feature several local food trucks. Free admission. Harrison Center for the Arts, 1505 N Delaware St, Indianapolis. 317-396-3886.

HarrisonCenter.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 6

Hoosier EVA Meeting – 10am-12pm. Learn how to support the continuing growth of the use of electric vehicles in our area. Regular monthly meetings will focus on growing local EV enthusiasts and educate the public on the benefits of electric vehicles. Free. Tom Wood Nissan, 4150 E 96th St, Indianapolis. Rick Steiner, 317987-4890. HoosierEVA.org.

Annual Taste of Indianapolis on the Canal – 10am-9pm. A variety of local restaurants, live music, events and activities for the entire family. $5 per person. Admiral Raymond Spruance Memorial Basin, 337 West 11th St. TasteOfIndy.org.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10

Energize Your Life – 6-8pm. Learn how to eat to create more physical and mental energy in your daily life and to help sweep away the blues. $25. Georgetown Market, 4375 Georgetown Rd, Indianapolis. 317-293-9525. BeOfBliss.com.

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THURSDAY, JULY 11

Brain Balance Center of Indianapolis Open House – 12-2pm. Learn more about the Brain Balance Program, an individualized and comprehensive approach to helping children with neurobehavioral and learning difficulties surmount their unique challenges. Free. Brain Balance Center of Indy, 9150 N Meridian St, Ste D, Indianapolis. 317843-9200. BrainBalanceIndy.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 12

Outdoor Yoga Class and Picnic in the Park – 6 pm. Join Inner Peace Yoga Center’s Community Night for a free outdoor yoga class at the Cherry Tree Shelter. Dinner is available for purchase from a local food truck. Ft Benjamin Harrison State Park, 5753 Glenn Rd, Indianapolis. 317-257-9642 for carpool or info. IPYC.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 13

Gluten-Free Grill Castleton – 11am-4pm. Gluten Free Living Now and Nature’s Pharm team up to offer grilled hot dogs, polish sausage and a vegan option, along with buns, condiments and a sampling of additional gluten-free products. $3.50 - $4.50 per grilled item. Nature’s Pharm, 5888 E 92nd St, Indianapolis. 317-849-3362.

Natures-Pharm.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 20

Brownsburg Festival of the Arts – 8am-3pm.

A host of festivities and over 150 arts and craft exhibitors will mark the 35th annual celebration.

In addition to a focus on fine arts and handmade crafts, there will be a food court and entertainment throughout the day. A Children’s Test will feature arts and craft activities for kids. Arbuckle Acres Park, 200 N Green St, Brownsburg. 317-8527885. BrownsburgFOTA.com.

TUESDAY, JULY 23

Essential Oils for Stress and Anxiety– 6-7:30pm.

Learn the value of the oils and how to use them; featuring Young Living Oils. Free; register by 7/19. Inner Peace Yoga Center, 5038 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. 317-257-9642. IPYC.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 27

Gluten-Free Grill Greenwood – 11am-4pm.

Gluten Free Living Now and Nature’s Pharm team up to offer grilled hot dogs, polish sausage and a vegan option, along with buns, condiments and a sampling of additional gluten-free products. $3.50 - $4.50 per grilled item. Nature’s Pharm, 8251 US 31 So, Indianapolis. 317-888-0557.

Natures-Pharm.com.

TUESDAY, JULY 30

Farm to Table Cooking Class – 5:30-7:30pm.

Celebrate the foods and flavors of the season by using fresh ingredients straight from our local farms and farmers’ markets. $35.

Sarah Stout, Reinventing Wellness, 8725 Gordonshire Dr, Indianapolis. 317-408-0110.

Sarah@ReinventingWellness.com.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 25

Dig-IN: A Taste of Indiana – 12-5pm. Feast your senses with a day of celebrating locally grown foods, cooking demonstrations, urban gardening exhibits, wine tastings, music and more. White River State Park, 801 W Washington St, Indianapolis. DigIndiana.org.

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Please confirm event prior to attendance. Go to AwakenIndy.com to submit calendar listings. Submission deadline for Calendar: the 15th of the month. iCreate Art Exhibit – Thru Sept 14. 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri. Art created with iPhone cameras and/ or photo-editing apps for the device are on display. The show features more than 60 works by 4 local artists. Launch Fishers, 7 Launch Way. John Wechsler: 317-537-7939, Wechsler@ gmail.com or Katz Lee Finch: 317-417-5901, Katz@KatzEyePhoto.com.

sunday Dharma for Kids – 11am-12:15pm. Suitable for ages 4-11. Children learn how to develop harmony, confidence and methods to calm the mind. The topics of both classes will correlate to foster parent/child discussion after class. $5/child.

Snacks included. Dromtonpa Kadampa Buddhist Center, 6018 N Keystone Ave, Indianapolis. 317374-5281. Meditation-Indianapolis.org.

Kundalini Yoga – 11am-12:15pm. All levels.

A unique blend of posture, breathwork, meditation and chanting. Modifications available for any fitness level. $7. CitYoga, 2442 N Central Ave, Indianapolis. 317-430-3875.

HariDattiKaur@hotmail.com. CitYoga.biz.

Sahaja Meditation – 12-1pm. A simple and spontaneous meditation technique, which destresses mind, improves attention and brings inner peace and joy harnessing one’s own inner energy. Free. Old National Bank, 6135 N College Ave, Indianapolis. 317-300-4560.

IndianaMeditation.org.

Warming Up to Hot Vinyasa – 2-3:15pm. Class for those new to yoga or anxious about the idea of practicing yoga in a hot room. $17. Flourish Yoga + Wellbeing, 10138 Brooks School Rd, Fishers. 317-841-0103. Amy@FlourishYoga.biz.

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monday Yin Yoga – 8:30-9:30am. Yin yoga postures are beneficial to all; they allow you to go deeper into connective tissues. Class appropriate for all levels of yoga practitioners. CitYoga, 2442 N Central Ave, Indianapolis. 317-920-9642. CitYoga.biz.

Simply Meditate – 7-8pm. Meditation classes for beginners. Learn meditation to relax the body and mind, achieve inner peace and mental clarity and develop a kind and patient attitude toward everybody. $10, $5/students.

Dromtonpa Kadampa Buddhist Center, 6018 N Keystone Ave, Indianapolis. 317-374-5281.

Meditation-Indianapolis.org.

tuesday Gentle Yoga – 11:30am. Flourish Yoga + Wellbeing, 10138 Brooks School Rd, Fishers.

317-841-0103. Amy@FlourishYoga.biz.

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Good Olde Days at Earth Fare – 4:30-7:30pm.

Enjoy a “good olde” dinner for a “good olde” price with Grandma’s Olde Fashioned Chicken Dinner. $7.99/person. Earth Fare, 13145 Levinson Ln, Noblesville & 1390 Rangeline Rd, Carmel.

EarthFare.com.

Yoga for Healing the Heart – 5:45-7pm. Yoga for those recovering from stress, grief, life crisis.

PeaceThroughYoga.com.

Meditations for Busy People – 7pm. Kathy Ryan will guide you through simple everyday meditations to still your mind, reduce stress and invoke a peaceful inner state of well-being. A drop-in class; no previous experience required. $10. Nature’s Karma, Carmel City Center.

317-843-9999.

T’ai Chi – 7:30pm. Energize, refresh, and renew with the subtle and powerful practice of T’ai chi with Pierre Couvillion. All levels welcome.

Santosha School, 1409 E 86th St Indianapolis.

317-405-8248. Santosha-School.com.

wednesday Vinyasa Flow Yoga – 7pm. With Sarah Megel.

Intermediate and advanced. Shamrock Wellness, 14535 B Hazel Dell Pkwy (Inside the Riverview Health and Fitness Building), Carmel. 317-7034431. ShamrockWellness.com.

Family Dinner Night at Earth Fare – 4-8pm.

Bring the whole family for a great healthy meal option, where up to 6 kids eat free with the purchase on an adult meal of $5 or more. Earth Fare, 13145 Levinson Ln, Noblesville & 1390 Rangeline Rd, Carmel. EarthFare.com.

Museum Nights on the Canal – 4-8pm. Enjoy a bring-your-own picnic and non-alcoholic beverages or purchase food and beverages from the Stardust Terrace Cafe and outdoor grill.

Concerts on the Canal begin at 6pm with the exception of July 4, which begins at 5pm. Free seating on the grass; table seating available for purchase. Indiana Historical Society, 450 W Ohio St, Indianapolis. 317-232-1882.

Meditations for Everyday Life – 7-8:30pm.

Current series: How to Solve Human Problems. $10. Dromtonpa Kadampa Buddhist Center, 6018 N Keystone Ave, Indianapolis. 317-374-5281.

Meditation-Indianapolis.org.

friday Marsh Symphony on the Prairie – Thru Aug. 8pm. Bring own chairs, blankets, food and drinks to enjoy a picnic and musical entertainment in a beautiful outdoor setting. $23/adult, $12/ child, free/under 2. Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Rd, Fishers. 317-639-4300.

IndianapolisSymphony.org.

Fridays After Dark Music Series – Thru Sept 13. 8-10pm. Start the weekend with casual, acoustical music from local and regional artists.

Bring a picnic to spread out on the lawn or enjoy food and drinks available for purchase from a variety of food trucks. Free. Nickel Plate District Amphitheater, 6 Municipal Dr, Fishers.

Weather line: 317-595-3491. Fishers.In.US/Parks/ FridaysAfterDark.

saturday Farmers’ Markets – Visit one today. There are 12 markets in and around the city taking place on Saturdays throughout the summer. For more information, check farmers’ market section on page 28.

Sahaja Meditation – 7-8pm. A simple and spontaneous meditation technique, which destresses mind, improves attention and brings inner peace and joy harnessing one’s own inner energy. Free. Old National Bank, 4950 E County Line Rd, Greenwood. 317-300-4560.

IndianaMeditation.org.

Marsh Symphony on the Prairie – Thru Aug. 8pm. See Fri listing. Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Rd, Fishers. 317-639-4300.

IndianapolisSymphony.org.

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Hot Vinyasa Yoga – 6am & 8:45am. Class incorporates a series of postures in an exceptionally warm studio environment for an invigorating and rejuvenating practice. CitYoga, 2442 N Central Ave, Indianapolis. 317-920-9642. CitYoga.biz.

Exploring Movement – 5:30pm. This series has a specific focus each week and is designed to open, assist and deepen our work for greater change. $15. Breath Life Yoga, 8202 Clearvista Pkwy, Ste 8C, Indianapolis. 317-502-5630.

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INTEGRATIVE NURSE PRACTITIONER INDY WELLNESS CENTER

4510 W 71st St, Indpls.

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Robin Eldib, RN, MSN, FNP, specializes in natural hormone replacement (for men and women), weight loss, women’s health issues, delayed food allergies, candida, vitamin consultations, diabetes, detoxification and disease prevention.

Montessori School Montessori School of Westfield

800 E. Sycamore St., Westfield 317-867-0158 MontessoriSchoolOfWestfield.com

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8202 Clearvista Pkwy., Ste. 8C, Indpls.

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Enjoy smaller classes with personalized instruction. Exercise your body then join us for meditation, offered several times each week. Early morning and lunch classes available.

Offering a variety of nutritional and holistic health counseling services.

Specializing in raw foods certifications, private cooking classes, corporate services, and menu planning.

CITYOGA School of Yoga and Health 2442 North Central Ave., Indpls.

317-920-YOGA (9642).

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the 2013 Ford Focus Electric

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Named 2012 Green Car of the Year by Green Car Journal.

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